Changes in the way people live bring about changes in the jobs that they do. More and more

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改错：Changes in the way people live bring about changes in the jobs that they do.

Changes in the way people live bring about changes in the jobs that they do. More and more people live in towns and cities instead on farms and in villages. Cities and states have to provide __1__services city people want, such like more police protection, more __2__hospitals, and more schools. This means that more policemen,more nurses and technicians, and more teachers must be hired.

Advances in technology has also changed people's lives. __3__Dishwashers and washing machines do jobs that were once done by the hand. The widespread use of such electrical appliances __4__means that there is a need for servicemen to keep it running properly. __5__People are earning higher wages and salaries. This leads __6__changes in the way of life. As income goes down, people may not __7__want more food to eat or more clothes to wear. But they may want more and better care from doctors, dentists and hospitals.

They are likely to travel more and to want more education Nevertheless, many more jobs are available in these services. __8__The government also affects the kind of works people do. __9__.The governments of most countries spend huge sums of money for international defense. They hire thousands of engineers, __10__scientists, clerks, typists and secretaries to work on the many different aspects of defense.

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Recently, the Change of the global climate brings about the fatal disasters all over the world. It not only worries the world's population but also troubles the scientists the world over. When global warming finally came it stuck with a vengeance. In some regions temperatures rose several degrees in less than a century. Sea levels shot up nearly 400 feet flooding coastal settlements and forcing people to migrate inland. Deserts spread throughout the world as vegetation shifted drastically in North America Europe and Asia. After driving many of the animals around them to near extinction people were forced to abandon their old way of life for a radically new survival strategy that resulted in widespread starvation and disease. The adaptation was farming the global-warming crisis that gave rise to it happened more than 10 000 years ago.

As environmentalists convene in Rio de Janeiro this week to ponder the global climate of the future earth scientists are in the midst of a revolution in understanding how climate has changed in the past--and how those changes have transformed human existence. Researchers have begun to piece together an illuminating picture of the powerful geological and astronomical forces that have combined to change the planet's environment from hot to cold, wet to dry and back again over a time period stretching back hundreds of millions of years.

Most importantly, scientists are beginning to realize that the climatic changes have had a major impact on the evolution of the human species. New research now suggests that climate shifts have played a key role in nearly every significant turning point in human evolution from the dawn of primates some 65 million years ago to human ancestors rising up to walk on two legs, from the huge expansion of the human brain to the rise of agriculture. Indeed the human history has not been merely touched by global climate change. Some scientists argue it has in some instances been driven by it.

The new research has profound implications for the environmental summit in. Rio. Among other things the findings demonstrate that dramatic climate changes is nothing new for planet Earth. The benign .global environment that has existed over the past 10 000 years—during which agriculture writing cities and most other features of civilization appeared--is a mere bright spot in a much larger pattern of widely varying climate over the ages. In fact the pattern of climate change in the past reveals that Earth's climate will almost certainly go through dramatic changes in the future--even without the influence of human activity.

Fanning emerged as a survival strategy because man had been obliged______.

A．to give up his former way of life

B．to leave the coastal areas

C．to follow the ever-shifting vegetation

D．to abandon his original settlement

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第3题

听力原文： Ever since Philo T. Farnsworth assembled the first television set in his Indiana garage in 1927, the basic technological principles for bringing electronic pictures into the home have remained the same. There have been only two major changes in the way TV sets work: the introduction of color in 1954, and the shift from tubes to transistors in the 1970s.

Now a radical change is about to take place. Digital television—which uses a different method of signal transmission will significantly alter the way future television sets will look and perform.

The digital set, already on sale in Europe and scheduled to be introduced in the United States this fall, is a cross between a computer terminal and a TV set. Although the differences it will bring may not be dramatic, its improved quality will be increasingly appreciated, as zoom effects, stereo sound, and freeze-frame. views of live shows become commonplace. Digital TV promises to give viewers a clearer, more consistent picture than has been available so far.

(30)

A．In the later 1920s.

B．In the mid-1950s.

C．In the 1970s.

D．In the mid-1980s.

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第4题

回答{TSE}题： Do you ever wish you were moreoptimistic，someone who always(51) __________ to be successful? Having someone around whoalways(52) __________the worst isn’t really a lot of(53) __________．We all know someone who sees a single cloud on asunny day and says，“It looks(54)rain．” But if you catch yourself thinkingsuch things，it’s important to dosomething(5 5) __________it． You can change your view of life，(56) __________to psychologists．It only takes a little effort，and you’llfind life more rewarding as a(57) __________．Optimism，they say，is partly about self—respectedconfidence but it’s also a more positive way of looking at life and all it hasto(58) __________．Optimists are more(59) __________tostart new projects and are generally more prepared to take risks． Upbringing is obviously veryimportant in forming your(60) __________to the world．Some people are brought up to(61) __________toomuch on others and grow up forever blaming other people when anything(62) __________wrong．Most optimists，on the(63) __________hand，have been brought up not to(64) __________failure as the end of theworld-they just(65) __________ with their lives． {TS}

A. counted

B. expected

C. felt

D. waited

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The simplest way to 【C1】______ a foreign market is through exporting. The company may passively export its surpluses from time to time, or it may actively make a commitment to 【C2】______ exports to a particular market. In either case, the company produces all its goods in the home country. It may or may not modify them for the export market. Exporting 【C3】______ the least change in the company's product lines, organization, investments, and mission.

A company can export its product in two ways. It can hire independent international 【C4】______ middlemen (indirect exporting) or handle its own exporting (direct exporting).

Indirect exporting is more common in companies just 【C5】______ to export. First, it involves less investment. The firm does not have to have an overseas sales force or a set of contacts. Second, it involves less risk. International marketing middlemen—domestic-based export merchants or agents, or 【C6】______ organizations--bring know-how and services to the relationship, and the seller normally makes fewer mistakes.

Sellers approached by foreign buyers are likely to use direct exporting. So will sellers whose exporters 【C7】______ large enough to do their own exporting. The investment and risk are somewhat greater, but so is the potential return.

The company can carry on direct exporting in several ways. First, it can set up a domestic 【C8】______ department that 【C9】______ export activities. Or it can set up an overseas sales branch that handles sales, distribution, and perhaps promotion. The sales branch gives the seller more presence and program control in the foreign market. It often 【C10】______ a display center and customer service center. Or the company can send home-based sales representatives abroad at certain times to find business. Finally, the company can do its exporting through foreign-based distributors who buy and own the goods, or through foreign-based agents who sell the goods on behalf of the company.

【C1】______

A．enter into

B．enter on

C．enter up

D．enter

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Section B

Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice.

When families gather for Christmas dinner, some will stick to formal traditions dating back to Grandma's generation. Their tables will be set with the good dishes and silver, and the dress code will be Sunday best.

But in many other homes, this china-and-silver elegance has given way to a stoneware (粗陶) and stainless informality, with dresses assuming an equally casual-Friday look. For hosts and guests, the change means greater simplicity and comfort. For makers of fine china in Britain, it spells economic hard times.

Last week Royal Doulton, the largest employer in Stoke-on-Trent, announced that it is eliminating 1,000 jobs--one-fifth of its total workforce. That brings to more ,than 4,000 the number of positions lost in 18 months in the potter), (陶瓷) region. Wedgwood and other pottery factories made cuts earlier.

Although a strong pound and weak markets in Asia play a role in the downsizing, the layoffs in Stoke have their roots in earthshaking social shifts. A spokesman for Royal Doulton admitted that the company "has been somewhat slow in catching up with the trend" toward casual dining. Families eat together less often, he explained, and more people eat alone, either because they are single or they eat in front of television.

Even dinner parties, if they happen at all, have gone casual. In a time of long work hours and demanding family schedules, busy hosts insist, rightly, that it's better to share a takeout pizza on paper plates in the family room than to wait for the perfect moment or a "real" dinner party. Too often, the perfect moment never comes. Iron a fine-patterned tablecloth? Forget it. Polish the silver? Who has time?

Yet the loss of formality has its down side. The fine points of etiquette (礼节) that children might once have learned at the table by observation or instruction from parents and grandparents ("Chew with your mouth closed." "Keep your elbows off the table.") must be picked up elsewhere. Some companies now offer etiquette seminars for employees who may be competent professionally but clueless socially.

The trend toward casual dining has resulted in______.

A．bankruptcy of fine china manufacturers

B．shrinking of the pottery industry

C．restructuring of large enterprises

D．economic recession in Great Britain

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